Employer Health Care Costs to Increase 8.8% in 2011
OPEN MINDS Weekly News Wire Strategic Health Care News Employers can expect an average 8.8% increase to their 2011 health care premiums. The projected cost increase is the highest for the past three-year period—in 2010 premiums increased by an average of 6.9%, and by 6.0% in 2009. The higher premium cost for 2011 was attributed to increased charges and catastrophic claims, as well as changes from the new health care reform and an aging population. Changes from the health care reform, such as covering dependents up to age 26 and elimination of certain lifetime and . . .
